Oliver Grimm
@grimmse.bsky.social
Recidivist Brussels correspondent for Viennese daily 'Die Presse'. In Washington '13 - '17. Contributor to La Matinale Européenne. Le bonheur, c'est de le chercher. (J. Renard)
Pinned
Oliver Grimm
@grimmse.bsky.social
· Dec 10
The European Council, the Council of the EU, and the Council of Europe walk into a bar.
All hell breaks loose.
All hell breaks loose.
Don't look up! No, really: DO NOT LOOK UP!
A leading American research lab is slated to lose its critical supercomputing facility, according to a letter released by the National Science Foundation.https://cnn.it/3MoF7zU
February 14, 2026 at 3:30 PM
Don't look up! No, really: DO NOT LOOK UP!
Since when, exactly, does the President of the European Parliament personally sign laws into effect?
As I told President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in our discussion at the Munich Security Conference this afternoon, in the next days, on behalf of @europarl.europa.eu, I will sign into law the €90 billion solidarity loan to Ukraine.
Europe stands with the people of Ukraine with concrete action.
#MSC2026
Europe stands with the people of Ukraine with concrete action.
#MSC2026
February 14, 2026 at 2:58 PM
Since when, exactly, does the President of the European Parliament personally sign laws into effect?
Don't try this at home, kids.
RFK Jr: I'm not scared of a germ. I used to snort cocaine off of toilet seats.
February 14, 2026 at 2:37 PM
Don't try this at home, kids.
Reposted by Oliver Grimm
Five European nations have determined that Russia poisoned Alexei Navalny.
This was a cowardly act from a frightened leader.
Russia has long acted as a terrorist state, relying on terrorist methods.
Poisoning political opponents. Silencing journalists. Invading peaceful neighbors.
This was a cowardly act from a frightened leader.
Russia has long acted as a terrorist state, relying on terrorist methods.
Poisoning political opponents. Silencing journalists. Invading peaceful neighbors.
February 14, 2026 at 2:12 PM
Five European nations have determined that Russia poisoned Alexei Navalny.
This was a cowardly act from a frightened leader.
Russia has long acted as a terrorist state, relying on terrorist methods.
Poisoning political opponents. Silencing journalists. Invading peaceful neighbors.
This was a cowardly act from a frightened leader.
Russia has long acted as a terrorist state, relying on terrorist methods.
Poisoning political opponents. Silencing journalists. Invading peaceful neighbors.
He's not wrong.
Pedro Sanchez speaking in Munich - leans into the anti-militaristic stance that made him the anti-darling of Eurohawks
"Experts estimate US alone will invest $946 billion in nukes over the next decade, enough to eradicate extreme global poverty. In my view, this is a mistake"
"Experts estimate US alone will invest $946 billion in nukes over the next decade, enough to eradicate extreme global poverty. In my view, this is a mistake"
February 14, 2026 at 2:35 PM
He's not wrong.
Not sure Zelensky is doing himself, and his country, a favour there.
Zelenskyy throwing shade at Hungary’s pro-Putin PM Viktor Orban in his #MSC speech
Thanks to Ukraine’s sacrifice, Ze says: “Viktor can grow his belly and not have to grow his tanks to defend against Russians on the streets of Budapest”
🔥 🔥 🔥
Thanks to Ukraine’s sacrifice, Ze says: “Viktor can grow his belly and not have to grow his tanks to defend against Russians on the streets of Budapest”
🔥 🔥 🔥
February 14, 2026 at 11:30 AM
Not sure Zelensky is doing himself, and his country, a favour there.
Reposted by Oliver Grimm
Free piece just released. Marco Rubio called on tolerant, democratic, liberal Europe to destroy itself and embrace a Trump-like future. He received a standing ovation and we are told some people are reassured. If so, Europe will deserve everything coming its way. open.substack.com/pub/phillips...
Rubio Calls For The End Of A Tolerant, Democratic Europe And The Crowd Goes Wild
Just over an hour ago, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio called for the end of a tolerant, democratic Europe and its break-up into a disparate group of smaller, Trumpist states, and the Europeans in t...
open.substack.com
February 14, 2026 at 11:25 AM
Free piece just released. Marco Rubio called on tolerant, democratic, liberal Europe to destroy itself and embrace a Trump-like future. He received a standing ovation and we are told some people are reassured. If so, Europe will deserve everything coming its way. open.substack.com/pub/phillips...
Freedom ain't free, it seems.
Doctors bear the burden as ‘medical freedom’ fuels worst US measles outbreak in 30 years reut.rs/4auOyFJ
Doctors bear the burden as ‘medical freedom’ fuels worst US measles outbreak in 30 years
About a dozen times each day, medical staff at Parkside Pediatrics in Spartanburg, South Carolina, head to the clinic’s parking lot, reaching inside cars and minivans to check children and their parents for fever, rash and other signs of measles.
reut.rs
February 13, 2026 at 3:38 PM
Freedom ain't free, it seems.
"Wie eine Kuh ohne ihren Euter": das IOC verbietet den Schweizer Skifans die großen Kuhglocken als Instrumente der Anfeuerung - im offiziellen Olympia-Devotionalienshop verkauft es aber kleinere Glöckchen zu Apothekerpreisen...
"C'est comme une vache sans ses pis" : les cloches des supporters suisses interdites aux Jeux olympiques d'hiver.
➡️ https://l.franceinter.fr/XY7
➡️ https://l.franceinter.fr/XY7
February 13, 2026 at 2:40 PM
"Wie eine Kuh ohne ihren Euter": das IOC verbietet den Schweizer Skifans die großen Kuhglocken als Instrumente der Anfeuerung - im offiziellen Olympia-Devotionalienshop verkauft es aber kleinere Glöckchen zu Apothekerpreisen...
Is Europe's push for competitiveness, shrouded in increasingly incomprehensible lingo, going to cut it with the citizens? I doubt it. So does @cspillmann.bsky.social in today's "Morning Post Europe", with @davidcarretta.bsky.social et moi. europemorningpost.substack.com/p/can-europe...
Can Europe Still Seduce Europeans?
Good morning!
europemorningpost.substack.com
February 13, 2026 at 2:23 PM
Is Europe's push for competitiveness, shrouded in increasingly incomprehensible lingo, going to cut it with the citizens? I doubt it. So does @cspillmann.bsky.social in today's "Morning Post Europe", with @davidcarretta.bsky.social et moi. europemorningpost.substack.com/p/can-europe...
Reposted by Oliver Grimm
For those of you keeping score at home, the actual cut to the Post newsroom was 45%, not the widely reported one third. Remaining journalists are a bit over 400, down from around 1100 four years ago and 580 when Bezos bought the place.
February 12, 2026 at 6:49 PM
For those of you keeping score at home, the actual cut to the Post newsroom was 45%, not the widely reported one third. Remaining journalists are a bit over 400, down from around 1100 four years ago and 580 when Bezos bought the place.
Reposted by Oliver Grimm
Capital market integration could be a suitable candidate for enhanced cooperation: nine members will be found, it is not an exclusive competence of the EU and does not have to constitute a barrier or discrimination.
February 13, 2026 at 1:13 PM
Capital market integration could be a suitable candidate for enhanced cooperation: nine members will be found, it is not an exclusive competence of the EU and does not have to constitute a barrier or discrimination.
Das bezeugt nicht nur groteske Hilflosigkeit angesichts der demografischen Krise Frankreichs, sondern auch fehlendes Gespür für die Sorgen junger, verhinderter Familiengründer. Vielleicht wäre Macron glaubwürdiger, hätte er selber Kinder. www.diepresse.com/20578742/auf...
Aufruf zum Kinderkriegen? Macron wendet sich per Brief an 29-Jährige
Der französische Präsident will allen 29-jährigen Französinnen und Franzosen einen Brief schicken. Mit einer klaren Botschaft: Sie sollen sich mit der Familienplanung befassen.
www.diepresse.com
February 13, 2026 at 11:25 AM
Das bezeugt nicht nur groteske Hilflosigkeit angesichts der demografischen Krise Frankreichs, sondern auch fehlendes Gespür für die Sorgen junger, verhinderter Familiengründer. Vielleicht wäre Macron glaubwürdiger, hätte er selber Kinder. www.diepresse.com/20578742/auf...
This is excellent, investigative reporting by the @wsj.com, by the way. Lots of nuggets in there. E.g. Noem not signing off on an order of bulk construction steel for months which meant its cost for the taxpayer went up by $100m.
Keystone Kop Kristi Noem fired a Coast Guard pilot bc she forgot her blanket on his flight, then had to reinstate him bc there was no one else to fly her home...& other things KKKristi gets up to while she's not busy torturing immigrants in concentration camps, per WSJ.
www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
February 13, 2026 at 10:25 AM
This is excellent, investigative reporting by the @wsj.com, by the way. Lots of nuggets in there. E.g. Noem not signing off on an order of bulk construction steel for months which meant its cost for the taxpayer went up by $100m.
This is a very astute analysis of the new two-speed Europe taking shape.
This framing of 'the EU has never done multiple speed Europe' seems like a product of way too short institutional memory.
Since the 1980s, major EU integration often happened in avantgarde groups, be it the Euro, Schengen, EU Patent, EU Public Prosecutor. The real change is a different one.
Since the 1980s, major EU integration often happened in avantgarde groups, be it the Euro, Schengen, EU Patent, EU Public Prosecutor. The real change is a different one.
The EU has always prided itself on its members all moving forward as one. That era is over.
February 13, 2026 at 8:53 AM
This is a very astute analysis of the new two-speed Europe taking shape.
Reposted by Oliver Grimm
Small music tip, if I may: "Una Lunghissima Ombra" by Andrea Laszlo de Simone is otherworldly beautiful. A man, and his music, out of time.
February 12, 2026 at 7:20 AM
Small music tip, if I may: "Una Lunghissima Ombra" by Andrea Laszlo de Simone is otherworldly beautiful. A man, and his music, out of time.
Interesting thought.
Could the next European payment system be based on SEPA Instant Credit Transfer? The EU controls that infrastructure, doesn't it?
February 12, 2026 at 10:28 PM
Interesting thought.
Reposted by Oliver Grimm
I guess this is what happens if you fire all your foreign correspondents...
February 12, 2026 at 3:08 PM
I guess this is what happens if you fire all your foreign correspondents...
Isn't this rather going to boost his popularity?
💥Dramatic turn in Hungary’s election race: Orbán rival Péter Magyar says that in 2024 his ex-girlfriend set a honey trap to secretly record them having sex—footage he claims Orbán’s camp plans to publish to ruin and blackmail him.
Magyar currently holds a big lead in the polls. Election in 59 days.
Magyar currently holds a big lead in the polls. Election in 59 days.
February 12, 2026 at 6:17 PM
Isn't this rather going to boost his popularity?
Small question to those out here who know a bit about AI: how's your experience with Lumo (from Proton) and Le Chat?
February 12, 2026 at 4:47 PM
Small question to those out here who know a bit about AI: how's your experience with Lumo (from Proton) and Le Chat?
Und hier mein Bericht für @diepressecom.bsky.social von der Klausur der Staats- und Regierungschefs in Alden Biesen - und ihrem Streit über den zentralen Pfeiler der EU-Klimapolitik. www.diepresse.com/20574120/fro...
Frontalangriff auf den EU-Emissionshandel
Die Klausur der EU-Chefs hätte sich um Hebel zur Stärkung der Wettbewerbsfähigkeit der europäischen Wirtschaft drehen sollen. Stattdessen spitzte sich die Debatte zu einem Streit zwischen...
www.diepresse.com
February 12, 2026 at 4:30 PM
Und hier mein Bericht für @diepressecom.bsky.social von der Klausur der Staats- und Regierungschefs in Alden Biesen - und ihrem Streit über den zentralen Pfeiler der EU-Klimapolitik. www.diepresse.com/20574120/fro...
Bei der Klausur der EU-Chefs in Alden Biesen wird weniger über Ideen zur Liberalisierung des Binnemarktes, oder die überfällige Stärkung der Innovation geredet, sondern Druck auf die Aufweichung des Emissionshandels gemacht. Zur Erinnerung ein paar Fakten dazu. www.diepresse.com/20526132/kle...
Kleine Ehrenrettung des EU-Emissionshandels
Dem Emissionshandel der EU steht eine Grundsatzreform bevor. Ein guter Anlass, über seine Ursprünge und Wirkungsweise nachzudenken.
www.diepresse.com
February 12, 2026 at 3:24 PM
Bei der Klausur der EU-Chefs in Alden Biesen wird weniger über Ideen zur Liberalisierung des Binnemarktes, oder die überfällige Stärkung der Innovation geredet, sondern Druck auf die Aufweichung des Emissionshandels gemacht. Zur Erinnerung ein paar Fakten dazu. www.diepresse.com/20526132/kle...
Reposted by Oliver Grimm
Welcome to Count Deregula's castle
February 12, 2026 at 1:14 PM
Welcome to Count Deregula's castle
Which in "Kömision", a yet-to-be written and drawn new oeuvre by Schuiten & Peeters, you can.
Berlaymont looking very tactile in 1978. Like you could unscrew it and drain the entire EU Quarter.
February 12, 2026 at 1:19 PM
Which in "Kömision", a yet-to-be written and drawn new oeuvre by Schuiten & Peeters, you can.
